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Full programme at glance: DAY 1 - DAY 2 - DAY 3

All Congress Symposia in date and time order - click here for Oral Presentation sessions Day 1 - Apr 11, 15:15-16:15
WS3		Meta-syntheses of social science research on East Asian medicine Clarke Hall Chair: Dr Claire Cassidy Co-Chair: Prof Miek Jong Dr Tracy Stuardi Meta-synthesis of Qualitative Studies on East Asian Medicine Dr Claire Cassidy Meta-synthesis of Qualitative Studies on East Asian Medicine Practitioners Dr Victor Kumar Meta-synthesis of Qualitative Studies on East Asian Medicine Patients Dr John Hughes Meta-synthesis of Qualitative Studies on East Asian Medicine Patient-Practitioner Relationships
WS4		Qualitative methods and social science research in complementary medicine: A focus upon chronic illness and care Drama Studio Chair: Professor Jon Adams Co-Chair: Laurence Terzan Dr Damien Ridge Providing complementary therapy for musculoskeletal pain on the NHS Dr Alex Broom Am I a survivor? Self-help, self-responsibility and the governance of ‘the good fight’ Dr Nicola Gale Self-Management Strategies of Cancer Survivors-Who Does What and Why? Dr Emma Kirby “I’m not a malingerer”. Women’s experiences of chronic back pain and the challenges to identity and credibility

Day2 - Apr 12, 10:00-11:00
WS9		Health services research and public health of complementary and integrative health care: empirical research in chronic illness Drama Studio Chair: Professor Jon Adams Co-Chair: Dr Tobias Sundeberg Prof David Sibbritt Australian women’s use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) for mental health: a focus on diagnosed depression and anxiety Dr Tony Zhang Provision of acupuncture for people with pain conditions in hospitals in Australia Prof Jon Adams Diabetic women and their use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM): a large, nationally-representative sample of mid-aged Australian women Dr Phillip Cottingham Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Practitioners and their untapped potential in reducing the burden of chronic disease: Mapping the Natural Health Landscape (MTNHL) Project
WS10		ISCMR – Soapbox Controversies Clark Hall Moderator: Professor Torkel Falkenberg Dr Helmut Roninger Practicing medicine without integrative medicine will be unethical very soon Dr Klaus Linde Trialist in Integrative Medicine should make their make their raw data freely available Dr Michael Hyland The magic of homeopathy is not in the remedy but in the interaction between patient and practitioner
WS11		Spirituality and Health Elvin Hall Chair: Professor Harald Walach Co-Chair: Dr Alex Tournier Dr Arndt Büssing Spiritual needs of patients with chronic diseases Dr Paul Mills Characteristics of spirituality and depressive symptoms in asymptomatic heart failure patients Professor Harald Walach Exceptional experiences, mindfulness, spiritual practice, and mental distress Dr Gyöngyvér Salavecz Epigenetic associations: cellular aging associated with religiousness, spirituality and meaning in life

Day2 - Apr 12, 16:45-17:45
WS21		Using and receiving placebos in clinical practice: patients’ and doctors’ perspectives Logan Hall Chair: Professor George Lewith Dr Jeremy Howick Placebo Use in the United Kingdom: a survey of general practitioners Dr Felicity Bishop Informed Consent and Placebo Effects Professor George Lewith Forging convictions: the effects of active participation in a placebo controlled clinical trial of acupuncture on reporting outcome Dr Michael Hyland Placebo mechanisms in clinical practice
WS24		Mindfulness and Health Clarke Hall Chair: Professor Harald Walach Co-Chair: Prof Gustav Dobos Professor Torkel Falkenberg Spiritual Phenomena as Public Goods: Exploring Meditation Beyond the Standard Model Dr Charlotte Zenner Integrating Mindfulness to Education - A beneficial approach for health promotion? - A Systematic Review Dr Fred Zimmermann Mindfulness training as a preventive and rehabilitative treatment for deployment related stress in German police forces and military personnel Dr Stefan Schmid Giving support from the inside – investigating subjective benefits of a multifaceted compassion training in a palliative care center

Day 3, Apr 13, 09:15-10:15
WS26		The Pan-European research network for Complementary and Alternative Medicine [CAMbrella] Logan Hall Chair: Dr Wolfgang Weidenhammer Co-Chair: Prof Wayne Jonase Professor Torkel Falkenberg Towards a Pan-European Definition of CAM – A Realistic Ambition? Dr Solveig Wiesener Legal status and regulation of CAM in Europe Dr Silje Folkvord What attitudes and needs do citizens in Europe have in relation to information about CAM? Professor George Lewith A systematic literature review of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) prevalence in EU
WS27		A cross-disciplinary methodology for testing the effectiveness of personalized care for personalized concerns – a CCESCAM study Clarke Hall Chair: Professor Helle Johannessen Co-Chair: Dr Helmut Roniger Dr Rita Agdal Processes of self-transformation among users of energy healing Dr Ann Ostenfeld-Rosenthal Evaluating an individualized questionnaire, MYCaW, as used in an interdisciplinary study of healing as rehabilitation after colon cancer Dr Marzcia Techau Evaluating MYCaW as a tool to test personalized outcomes of an intervention Dr Gundgaard Pedersen The effect of energy healing on the Quality-of-Life (QoL) in patients treated for colon or rectal cancer: A comparison of randomized versus self-selected allocation to treatment
Day 3, Apr 13, 12:00-13:00
WS30		The Pan-European research network for Complementary and Alternative Medicine [CAMbrella] Logan Hall Chair: Dr Wolfgang Weidenhammer Co-Chair: Prof Wayne Jonas Dr Klaus von Ammon Complementary and Alternative Medicine Provision in Europe – First Results Dr Johanna Hök International development of TM/CAM research - What can Europe learn? Dr Bettina Reiter Towards a sustainable CAM research network in Europe Dr Felix Fischer CAMbrella Research Roadmap for Complementary and Alternative Medicine – how CAM research could look like in the future?
WS31		Innovative use of technology in integrative oncology research Elvin Hall Chair: Professor Suzanna Zick Co-Chair: Dr John Hughes, Professor Suzanna Zick Using Community Nurses, Web-based Program and DVD Learning Tools to Teach Self-Administered Acupressure to Chronically Fatigued Breast Cancer Survivors Dr Lynda Balneaves MyChoices: A computerized decision aid for women with breast cancer using CAM therapies for hot flash management Dr Heather Greenlee Innovative Methods for Standardizing an Acupuncture Protocol in a Multicenter Trial to Reduce Joint Symptoms Related to Aromatase Inhibitors in Women with Early Stage Breast Cancer (SWOG 1200) Dr Susan Bauer-Wu Using Technology to Guide Determination of Optimal Dose of Mind-Body Interventions

11-13 April 2013
8th annual ICCMR congress
Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL

Dr Peter Fisher, Clinical Director, Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

Prof. George Lewith, Professor of Health Research, Complementary & Integrated Medicine Research Unit, University of Southampton

Prof. Dr. Claudia M. Witt, MD, MBA, Professor of Medicine, Acting Director, Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center

Torkel Falkenberg, Associate Professor in Health Care Research & Research Constellation Leader, Integative Health Care, Karolinska Institutet

Dr John Hughes, Senior Research Co-ordinator, Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

Johanna Hök, M.Sc. Ph.D., Department of Physiology and Pharmacology & Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Nursing, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Prof. Aviad Haramati, Professor Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology, Georgetown University